New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-25
THINGS TALKED OF IN CHIC4GO.
REFORMS Numbered CHARLOTTESVILLE
ENCAMPMENT-
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

CurcAGo Sent 2i-Thc reform County Board not
having .he easiest time in the world IN efecng their
projected reforms They have found leakages OF funds
n a dozen different directions. the aggregate being
very considerable In their eDdeavors TO correct
the defects OF the system they lind their moves many
times snn0yingly checked In various ways. Several
days ago the discovery was made that almost any
person alleged TO be insane could be admitted app
cation to the Insane Department OF the County jan ana
cared for there indefinite period at the expense OF
the county The new Commissioners determined 10 stor
this promscuous business and ordered the County fhy
siclan 10 collect dollar a day from the relatives or
patients able 10 pay Many OF these patients are TEN
poray insane through dissipation. and quickly recover
with quiet being released without going before
the Court Inquiry. County Judge PTcndergas
learned of the new order Of things Thursday AMI
promptly told the County Physician TO refund all such
moneys that he had collected, assuring him that he
would commit to Jail persons attempting 10 coHect
again Thus has the Judge thrown down the gauntlet
70 the County Board whose members say they VIII teach
this young that he Is not managing the whoie OF
Cook County They have put the matter In the hands
OF the County Attorney So also with their dispute Win
County Clerk Wuf who refused TO sign their warrants,
setting himself up in judgment on the new Comihssloh'
era ard declaring that they must not allow themselves
more than 81 30 per day while they want @o Ills
stubbornness IL likely 10 draw forth writ OF mahdaus
to compel him perform his duty, which he neglect
Ing These only few instances OF all the Jun Dc
one OF the Commissioners puts It,
The week in Anarchist circles has been devoted 10
hard work on the part Of the Amnesty Committee WIN
their petitions, and the Defence Committee coiecuhs
money. Of which Captain Black admitted before leaving
Tor New-YOrk that they were badly In need prohh
nent and active worker In their behalf SAID; we are
badly handicapped by the insane uterances o tna' SCI
OF Eastern Anarchists whose greatest nope Is 10 sec INC
men hanged. We doing our best to muzze lneSe
IDIOTS but have lad success so far Parsonss mann
festo widely discussed in labor circles ana maze
favorable impression many who did not look INTO
aeep enough 30 discover the truth beneath his adro a
ray reasoning. As for the radicals, they iooKeu Oh
with dsI leasure as a bid for sympathy THE IhhuNhe
Editorials In regard TO the case nave oceh ioa VIII
great favor throughout this region An excerpt iIo"
The regarding the petitions was clipped ny 81 uo
ent persons unknown OF course and sent 10 Governor
Ogesby IN his mail from this city and other poin'S "oS
There has been considerable objection maze 10 'ne
action of the Cleveland Reception COMMITTEE i"ey
persist in holding Star Chamber sessions barrhs out III
Supporters and giving 10 the public VINO WISH 10 nc
al about IL, only what they please lhcy nA'e , a..
Sotten into another mnss. The inai"seis VI 'No 'H'